plethoricaladj.

Brit.

/ˈplɛθ(ə)rɪkl/,

/plɛˈθɒrɪkl/,

/plᵻˈθɒrɪkl/, U.S.

/ˈplɛθ(ə)rək(ə)l/,

/pləˈθɔrək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s plethoricall, 1600s–1700s 1900s– plethorical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plethoricus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin plethoricus plethoric adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier plethoric adj.

Now rare.

= plethoric adj.In recent use figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > excess of blood

plethorica1398

plethorical1603

plethorya1643

plethoretic1725

plethoretical1882

plethorous1906

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Plethoricall plight,..that state of the body, which being full of bloud and other humours, needeth evacuation.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. viii. 99 Such Feuers as are incident to Plethoricall and Carechymicall constitutions, oppressed with abundance of bloud and bad humors.

1676 T. Garencières Admirable Virtues Coral 74 Unless the body be extraordinarily plethorical.

1707 J. Drake Anthropol. Nova I. xxiv. 327 The Heat, which accompanies the Turgescence of the Blood, shews, that it is not meerly Plethorical, but that there is an extraordinary Intestine Motion at that time.

1797 Cullen's Clin. Lect. 1765 & 1766 154 It seldom happens that head-ach, which subsists for a long time, is purely plethorical.

1965 Times 20 Aug. 7/4 A state which is immense and impotent.., with infinite controls which control nothing, with a machinery which is plethorical and extremely slow.

1992 Moneyclips (Nexis) 23 Jan. In the Arab world surprises can be expected anytime, as political moves had been both plethorical and secretive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plethorical
释义	plethoricaladj. Brit. /ˈplɛθ(ə)rɪkl/, /plɛˈθɒrɪkl/, /plᵻˈθɒrɪkl/, U.S. /ˈplɛθ(ə)rək(ə)l/, /pləˈθɔrək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s plethoricall, 1600s–1700s 1900s– plethorical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plethoricus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin plethoricus plethoric adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier plethoric adj. Now rare. = plethoric adj.In recent use figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > excess of blood plethorica1398 plethorical1603 plethorya1643 plethoretic1725 plethoretical1882 plethorous1906 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Plethoricall plight,..that state of the body, which being full of bloud and other humours, needeth evacuation. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. viii. 99 Such Feuers as are incident to Plethoricall and Carechymicall constitutions, oppressed with abundance of bloud and bad humors. 1676 T. Garencières Admirable Virtues Coral 74 Unless the body be extraordinarily plethorical. 1707 J. Drake Anthropol. Nova I. xxiv. 327 The Heat, which accompanies the Turgescence of the Blood, shews, that it is not meerly Plethorical, but that there is an extraordinary Intestine Motion at that time. 1797 Cullen's Clin. Lect. 1765 & 1766 154 It seldom happens that head-ach, which subsists for a long time, is purely plethorical. 1965 Times 20 Aug. 7/4 A state which is immense and impotent.., with infinite controls which control nothing, with a machinery which is plethorical and extremely slow. 1992 Moneyclips (Nexis) 23 Jan. In the Arab world surprises can be expected anytime, as political moves had been both plethorical and secretive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603
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